Question

Which real number lies farther from -4 on the real number line 3 or -10? Explain.

Answer 1

A couple ways you can do this. you can draw a number line and count or you can do -4+x=3 and -4+x=-10 and find x

Answer 2

If you go from -4 to 10, Then thats 6 Numbers. but if you go from -4 to 3, Thats 7 numbers. So which is farther?

Answer 3

3 @wrstlr3232

Answer 4

right.

Answer 5

Yup! :3

Answer 6

If you go from -4 to 10, Then thats 6 Numbers @MarrBear

Answer 7

Yeah.

Answer 8

How can i explain it ? -4+x=3 and -4+x=-10 is 3. is that good
@MarrBear @wrstlr3232

Answer 9

Remember that your answer for x is going to be the absolute value. So if you find -4+x=-10 you'll have -6. But it's really 6 away. You're just going in the negative direction.

Answer 10

How can i explain it ? -4+x=3 and -4+x=-10 is 3. is that good @wrstlr3232

Answer 11

Yeah that works. You can solve for x if you want. It depends on what your teacher would want. I would say -4+x=3 and -4+x=-10 and then x=7 and x=-6. So 3 is further away because the x value is a larger number.